NAME

cabs, cabsf, cabsl - absolute value of a complex number

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS

#include <complex.h>

double cabs(double complex z);float cabsf(float complex z);long double cabsl(long double complex z);

DESCRIPTION

These functions return the absolute value of the complex number z. The result is a real number.

VERSIONS

These functions were added in glibc 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

STANDARDS

C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES

The function is actually an alias for hypot(a, b) (or, equivalently, sqrt(a*a + b*b)).

SEE ALSO

abs(3), cimag(3), hypot(3), complex(7)